WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced her bipartisan legislation with Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), the Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023, passed unanimously on the Senate floor. The bipartisan legislation ensures taxpayer-funded inventions are not manufactured in adversarial countries like China, but rather, in the United States. The bill builds on bipartisan legislation championed by Senator B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 7, 2024, from Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Brookfield, Wisconsin: * * * To: Dr. Ellen Montz, Deputy Administrator and Director Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Network Health, Menasha, Wisconsin: * * * To: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Department of the Treasury File Code: CMS-9888-P Docket Number: CMS-2024-0311-0001 Re: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Humans Services ("HHS") Notice of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency posted a rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, 2024, signed by Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, Region 5. Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Second Period Regional Haze Plan Here are excerpts: * * * AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Nat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 25, 2024, from Lallemand Animal Nutrition, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: * * * To: Tracey Forfa Center for Veterinary Medicine Food and Drug Administration 7519 Standish Place Rockville, MD 20855 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-2979, Pre-Market Animal Food Ingredient Review Programs * * * Dear Ms. Forfa: Lallemand is a global leader in the dev  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Jan. 1, 2025, marks the start of health care delivery under TRICARE's new regional contracts. There will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the U.S. as part of the new contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the East Region (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin) will move to the West Regi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Network (RPN) communities and other  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has issued the following news release: * * * Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities * * * LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partne  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the village of Walworth is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes replacing water mains on Randolph Street and replacing lead service lines in various locations in the village of Walworth. Activities relat  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Corvalis Stewart arranged for a private plane that brought 19 pounds of methamphetamine and 200,000 fentanyl pills into Dane County * * * Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corvalis Stewart, 37, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peter  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shandel L. Mohr, 32, Marshfield, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to twelve months and one day in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. The prison term will be followed by th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Wilson, 46, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 57 months in federal prison for possessing fentanyl intended for distribution. Wilson pleaded guilty to this charge on September 11, 2024. On J  more